Serj Tankian and award-winning director Garin Hovannisian inspire a call to action for social justice with new film release, TRUTH TO POWER, set to debut at the Cannes Virtual Market this week. The film chronicles Serj Tankian, the Grammy-winning lead singer of System Of A Down, whose music and outspoken social justice activism on and off the stage has influenced large-scale political movements. Watch a preview of the film here.
Set to the music of System of a Down, the film offers a unique and exclusive access to the man behind the music, and captures both intimate and historic public moments, including Serj’s role in inspiring the massive peaceful protests of 2018’s Velvet Revolution in his native Armenia which successfully ousted an oligarchic regime.
TRUTH TO POWER is directed by the award winning director/writer/producer Garin Hovannisian. The film also includes appearances by System Of A Down band members John Dolmayan and Shavo Odadjian, the band’s manager David “Beno” Benveniste, filmmaker/journalist Carla Garapedian, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, and famed record producer Rick Rubin.
The feature documentary is executive produced by Academy Award® nominee Joe Berlinger (“Paradise Lost” trilogy, “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”); and Live Nation Production’s Ryan Kroft (Emmy® winner for “The T Word”), Michael Rapino (“A Star is Born,” Emmy nominee for “Believer”), Damian Vaca, and Vaughn Schoonmaker.
ABOUT LIVE NATION PRODUCTIONS
Live Nation Productions is the film, television and documentary production division of Live Nation Entertainment, dedicated to telling groundbreaking, musically driven stories for audiences worldwide. Upcoming projects include Dave Grohl’s “From Cradle to Stage,” which focuses on the original stories and behind-the-scenes relationships between influential rock stars and their mothers. Live Nation Productions’ previous projects include the critically acclaimed “A Star is Born” which grossed over $400 million dollars worldwide, “Believer,” “The After Party,” “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story,” “Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis,” and “Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids.